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[Rittmeister86]

Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev

You serious?
OK, in arcade settings I would probably prefer to play with gamepad IF I'll do it in front of my 3 meters HD projection screen, on a sofa, with a beer (just as example. I don't like beer).
Because flightstick isn't adjusted for such gaming at all.

But even if I'd play in Arcade settings (and especially in Simulation) in front of the table where you can place flightstick - it is much better to use Hotas and Flightstick than gamepad. Due to obvious reasons.

I once took one of those floor rocker chairs (ya know the ones from the 80s) and mounted my flight stciks to it. I could kick back with my beer, and have a good stable angle for my controlls. Although my wife did call me an idiot loser for that one lol